Abase vs Insulation - What's the difference?
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(archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
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Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
(engineering) The state of a body so separated.
(electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
As a verb abase
is to lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.As a noun insulation is
the act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.abase
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Verb
(abas)- "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
- "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11
Synonyms
* debase * degradeAntonyms
* promote * exalt * extollDerived terms
* abasedly * abasement * abaserReferences
* *insulation
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(wikipedia insulation)Noun
citation, passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}